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Micrurus proximans SMITH & CHRAPLIWY, 1958

IUCN Red List - Micrurus proximans - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Nayarit Coral Snake
S: Coralillo de Nayarit 
SynonymMicrurus diastema proximans SMITH & CHRAPLIWY 1958
Micrurus proximans — ROZE 1983
Micrurus proximans — LINER 1994
Micrurus proximans — LINER 2007
Micrurus proximans — WALLACH et al. 2014: 452 
DistributionMexico (coast of Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima)

Type locality: Mexico: 5 mi NE San Blas, Nayarit  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 40369 604; W. H. Davis, W. Z. Lidicker, and J. R. Winklemann; July 16, 1956. 
Diagnosis 
CommentVenomous!

Distribution: Not in Nayarit, where it is replaced by M. browni, fide LOC-BARRAGÁN et al. 2024 (checklist Nayarit). LOC-BARRAGÁN et al. 2024 do not comment on the status of M. proximans but only refer to Reyes-Velasco et al. (2020). 
EtymologyLatin from proximatus meaning near relationship or proximity, probably alluding to its elose relationship to another coral snake from the same region 
References
  • Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1989. The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press, Ithaca
  • Cruz-Sáenz, D., F. J. Muñoz-Nolasco, V. Mata-Silva, J. D. Johnson, E. García-Padilla, and L. D. Wilson. 2017. The herpetofauna of Jalisco, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(1): 23–118 - get paper here
  • Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Pierce LJS, Painter CW 2020. The amphibians and reptiles of Colima, Mexico, with a summary of their conservation status. ZooKeys 927: 99-125 - get paper here
  • Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here
  • Loc-barragán J.A., D., Lazcano y G.A Woolrich-Piña. 2018. Notes on the Herpetofauna of Nayarit, Mexico 2: Amphibians and Reptiles of the Municipality of Compostela. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 53(10): 205-212
  • Luja VH, López JA, Cruz-Elizalde R, Ramírez-Bautista A 2017. Herpetofauna inside and outside from a natural protected area: the case of Reserva Estatal de la Biósfera Sierra San Juan, Nayarit, Mexico. Nature Conservation 21: 15-38 - get paper here
  • Nordgren, Matt and Robert Villa. 2011. Geographic Distribution: Micrurus proximans (Nayarit coralsnake). Herpetological Review 42 (3): 394-395 - get paper here
  • Roze, J. A. 1983. New World coral snakes (Elapidae): a taxonomic and biological summary. Mem. Inst. Butantan 46: 305-338 [1982] - get paper here
  • Smith, H.M. & CHRAPLIWY,P.S. 1958. New and noteworthy Mexican herptiles from the Lidicker collection. Herpetologica 13: 267-271 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Woolrich-Piña, Guillermo A, Paulino Ponce-Campos, Jesús Loc-Barragán, Juan Pablo Ramírez-Silva, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson, Elí García-Padilla and Larry David Wilson. 2016. The herpetofauna of Nayarit, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (2): 376-448 - get paper here
 
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